Racing has a friend in Number 10 with new PM a winning owner

SHOULD Theresa May and the Queen tire of discussing matters of state at their weekly meetings they can always turn to talk of the turf, as the new prime minister, in common with the monarch, has enjoyed victory as a racehorse owner.

May’s predecessor David Cameron was an outspoken supporter of racing and described the industry as “a massive success story” on an unexpected trip to Newmarket in February 2015, when he spent a morning on the gallops with John Gosden.

In May, racing would appear to have another ally in the corridors of power, as she and her husband Philip enjoyed two victories at Lingfield in the 1990s courtesy of a grey gelding named Dome Patrol, in which the pair were part of a syndicate with a small group of friends.